From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RyUzj-0003XN-7U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:05:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27FC5E07F6; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:05:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E88E090E for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:03:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnv5 with SMTP id v5so2477893ggn.40 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:03:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.153.6 with SMTP id e6mr11525499yhk.113.1329512603846; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:03:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.16.1.118] (173-165-180-238-atlanta.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [173.165.180.238]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e45sm25282466yhk.2.2012.02.17.13.03.22 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:03:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F3EC094.4080906@trausch.us> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:03:16 -0500 From: "mike@trausch.us" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] rsync from ext3 to vfat? References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigAB7F58D4CFCE4CA2D23CE626" X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnYqAgK07nCbVOTH7Pgv7koyNTlv0fhK7qkhDep0VEw4kPMjtZJ4EKJQNiBbY93DivbMMt7 X-Archives-Salt: 5b88e3df-1c98-4fce-8501-6a5d6699be27 X-Archives-Hash: 9a4072d78746af0b7a0a20f277122bf4 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigAB7F58D4CFCE4CA2D23CE626 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/17/2012 03:12 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > I'm looking for what rsync options I can use to copy existing files > on an ext3 file system to an external eSATA drive formatted with vfat. > I think I want to match only the name, creation date & file size. The > eSATA drive needs to be vfat due to limitations of the audio/video > device it will be plugged into. rsync works just fine with any normal set of options when using any sort of FAT as a destination. There are, of course, a couple of gotchas: - FAT has limitations on file sizes. - FAT cannot store permissions or ACLs - FAT does not support extended attributes Other than that, though, you should be good. --- Mike --=20 A man who reasons deliberately, manages it better after studying Logic than he could before, if he is sincere about it and has common sense. --- Carveth Read, =E2=80=9CLogic=E2=80= =9D --------------enigAB7F58D4CFCE4CA2D23CE626 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJPPsCaAAoJEMhPuajlh3KVA5AMAI18pGcBZJtZgI5biOSKGZQS RhCd+RK7De88hwmxUCp8sNBtOLYVR2WAg1etK77mq5HqfTUxSsHGC1Swz+c3SMCQ xluAQP+0AccIL37bJjDNpiHf9MvKGKzfafc/O1bcsMcZ3kf79iJPLXs956It5BQn aq2dqyKfNXQKvd4LV/07IoTmMJ9vW5RaqMrwaK2DHbWrmv3cNrk8l5c41Se3KKk0 u5/s37DS1Qjx5lKmK+c3YLhXiyWnUhen+xxAzGBkpbuiAdLrQZRDScLs9fLi2Gov R16ziZdegGN88QRkM1oFKbSDw8VNHomxBC8T5jFERI7HNa5LN+MmEqndNsbHt7N7 ong3qWVlRYT3BWI4fV0w3jk4nWzwvD6Usbf1F2P8X65FQSsCJlFuw+AwI8bsMELm C+BLCfXGIO7Sk9qS7reNcdrzXNu/zs3C3twPxMAmG9eZAyFHdxOS2+9pETZqdgfZ Qh+A2XxjFh4ZnBq9F29tCJmgJnam/XWk0XPlzkYOag== =Zw/K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigAB7F58D4CFCE4CA2D23CE626--